The wide range of new storage hardware, software, and services showed at VMworld 2016 continues the tradition of making the conference the premier destination for keeping up on the latest storage technology.

NetApp connects on-premises storage to AWS and Azure with new sync and virtual machine solutions, and significantly enhances its enterprise and midrange all-flash offerings with high-performance connectivity solutions and support for 15-TB SSDs.

In its new S-1 filing, Nutanix says that Dell, which is also an OEM partner, could through its acquisition of EMC become an even stronger rival given its leading server and new leading storage businesses.

Solution providers attending this week's Veritas Vision conference say Veritas expanding on its data protection and data management experience to embrace the wider issue of information management will open major opportunities.

A Veritas executive told Veritas Vision attendees that EMC "went to Hell," then corrected himself saying he meant to say Dell. But given a Veritas' Wall Street Journal ad about a "special place reserved in Dell for hardware," the executive did not likely suffer a slip of the tongue.

XChange 2017 featured dozens of vendors – including Extreme, Ingram Micro, Ruckus Wireless and many others – promoting their automation platforms, data backups, cybersecurity solutions and other offerings. Here are 30 products that stood out from the pack.